Where: Morocco (33.9° N, 6.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 11.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: rhenanus/varcus conodont zone, B Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: gray limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by S. Gouwy, M. Benfrika, S. Helsen, P. Bultynck in 1995
Collection methods: bulk, acetic,
• The collection is kept at the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (Brussels, Belgium)
Primary reference: S. Gouwy, M. Benfrika, S. Helsen and P. Bultynck. 2000. Late Emsian to early Givetian Conodont succession in the Tiflet area (north-western Meseta, Central Morocco). Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique de Rabat Série Géologie & Géographie physique 20:1-10 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145437: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 03.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Conodonta | |
Neopanderodus sp. Ziegler and Lindström 1971 conodont | |
Polygnathus timorensis conodont
Polygnathus rhenanus conodont
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940 conodont | |
Icriodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
Icriodus brevis Stauffer 1940 conodont |